In re United Button Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 9 district ·

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The Bankruptcy Act does not define or describe ‘greatest convenience’ or ‘parties in interest,’ as those phrases are used in section 32 and General Order 6. Both expressions are elastic and largely indefinite. It is manifestly too narrow a construction of the phrase ‘parties in interest’ to restrict it merely to unsecured creditors in bankruptcy. The bankrupt is not only literally but substantially a party in interest.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Okmulgee Producing & Refining Co.

2. ““In the event petitions are filed against the same person, or against different members of a partnership, in different courts of bankruptcy each of which has jurisdiction, the cases shall be transferred, by order of the courts relinquishing jurisdiction, to and be consolidated by the one of such courts which can proceed with the same for the greatest convenience of parties in interest.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re New Era Novelty Co.